Improvement in book-bindings



I. REYNOLDS.

BOOK-BINDING. V No. 1931036. Patented July 1o,1s'm..-

0716652. A I Inven%0r: %%MM yz? N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON, D O,

UNITED NrQrrrcE.

IRA REYNOLDS, on DAYTON, orno, ASSIGNOR TO IRA & L. n. REYNOLDS,

OFSAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOK-BINDINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,036, dated July 10, 1877; application filed June 23, 1877,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA REYNOLDS, of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State v ence marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to books adapted for removable covers; and consists in a novel construction of the book itself, and also in a novel construction of the removable binding or cover, all as more particularly hereinafter set forth, the invention being applicable for memorandum-books, as well as forlarger books suitable for many business purposes, the book ,being in itself, independent of the removable binding, a complete covered book, but of cheaper grade of cover, but, when connected with its supplemental or removable binder, being capable of instant conversion into an elegantly-bound book, such removable binder being durable, and one of them answering'the purpose of a finishing binding for scores or hundreds of the books.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the removable or exterior and finishing binding'for a small memorandum-book; Fig. 2, a section through the pockets of the same, one of such pockets being shown more open or distended than the other; Fig. 3, a top view of the same; Fig. 4, an edge view, enlarged, of the book before its permanent cover has been placed or inserted in the pockets of the supplemental binding; Fig. 5, a .book partly withdrawn from its supplemental or outer skeleton binding. Figs. 6 and 7 are sections of a larger book embodying my invention, both showing the single spring-back-Fig. 6 exhibiting the book before placing the leaves of its permanent cover in the pockets of the removable binder, and Fig. 7 the spring-back with the permanent covers of the book in such pock-.

ets, and also illustrating the double springback. i l i I The smaller or memorandum books A-are severally composed of a certain number (as many as may be desired) of sheets of paper, and also of a cover-sheet, 1;, preferably of a stronger and thicker paper or other material, but not costly. Those are all stitched through together, cover-sheet and all, and folded at one operation and when so folded and out or trimmed they form a book which is complete in itself, and may be used either with or without the exterior or skeleton binder O. This exterior or supplemental binder serves to give abeautiful finish, and to make a more perfect and durable book, and afl'ords the manufacturer or dealer an opportunity of furnishing nearly any grade of book from the same stock, and thus lessening his expenses and avoiding the accumulation of dead stock.

In stitching the leaves and cover oi the"" book together I do not, as is customary, tie the ends of the stitching-thread together on the inside of the fold of the book, thus leaving a bulging knot, which prevents the sheets lying in close, flat contact at such fold; but, on the contrary, I carry such ends to the outside of the permanent cover b, and there tie them, thus permitting the leaves of the book to lie as flat as possible upon each other. A

strip of cloth or paper, d, may then be pasted to the back, which not only covers and conceals such stitching-threads and knot or knots, and also finishes and re-enforces the back, but also secures the thread and its ends, and prevents all possibility of its getting untied, loose, or worn, thus materially adding to the strength and durability of the book.

In making the larger books, containing several instead of only one set of folded sheets, I sew them together, in the usual manner, around cords or tapes; but, instead of stitching together the sheets only, I first provide a reasonably-stifl'paper-board, which, as in the smaller books hereinbefore described, is to form the cheaper and permanent cover of the book; and the striking difference between the manner of making my book and that of making ordinary books is, that the tapes or cords e pass through the stifi' board or permanent cover I), and their ends are then turned back i or retroverted upon the back of the book, and

In these larger books the cords or tapes at the back may be concealed, as before statedwith regard to the stitching-thread and knots of the smaller books, by a backing-strip, d.

When these larger books are opened'it will be perceived that they have a spring-back, as shown at f, audit will also be seen that when the finishing binding or binder Uis applied, the book and its binder together afford a book with the singular'feature of a double springback, and the two lids of the permanent cover, resting upon the two upturned points or lines of the back of the removable binder, naturally throw up the book in the center when opened, thus laying the book out as flat and near a level as, perhaps, can be possible under any possible construction. The double spring-back is shown inFig. 7.

In the formation of the finishing-binder G the leather or otherfine material of which it maybe composed is brought over and glued or pasted to the inside board, forming its pocket g, and a cord, h, or tape 1' is put around the heading of thisbinder and pocket, and the material or leather is turned over the same, to prevent its being torn at the points j from the same, or when it-isdesired touse the. two pockets for cards,or for purposes other than that of securing the twopermanent covers b to the removable cover 0.

It will be seen that, in the formation and construction of this cover, it not only'furnishes a'beautiful, flexible, and durable binding for the book A, but the two pockets, (preferably curved at their mouth or opening,) extending nearly the whole length of each half of the cover,"furnish not only sacks for the reception of the two permanent covers b, but also receptacles for cards, papers, 8210., usually kept in the pockets of pocket-books.

It willbe understood that in making the removable covers for the larger books the operation, a removable binder having pockets to he slid over the permanent cover of the book proper, such pockets being re-enforced at the points jj by means of the cords, tapes, .or bands It 71, substantially as described.

3. A book the ends of the binding tapes or cords of which pass'through and are firmly :fastened to the back of the cover, substantially as described.

. IRA REYNOLDS Witnesses:

GEo. T. SMALLWOOD, J r., PENNINGTON HALSTED. 

